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they're undocumented immigrants. they know where it comes from because they pick the oranges that are in it. they also pick the tomatoes in were salad, mow your lawns, clean your hotel room, hang your dry wall, even help raise your children. right now, there's an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants living in this country today. >> it was possible for 11 million illegals to come here. why is it impossible for them to leave? >> people who oppose immigration reform say these workers are
they're undocumented immigrants. they know where it comes from because they pick the oranges that are in it. they also pick the tomatoes in were salad, mow your lawns, clean your hotel room, hang your dry wall, even help raise your children. right now, there's an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants living in this country today. >> it was possible for 11 million illegals to come here. why is it impossible for them to leave? >> people who oppose immigration reform say these...
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. >> the island for immigrants will once again see visitors again. ellis island was closed for almost a year because of super storm sandy. more than 1 million photographs remain in storage while buildings are being fixed and upgraded. >> super storm sandy does not play favorites destroying everything from new york city to small towns on the coast. after it was all said and done sandy left 24 states impacted and counties and 8 states in puerto rico were disaster areas. craig has more. >> good morning to you. the waterfront along long island was about 6 and a half billion in damage. we are here in long beach where there's a $44 million project that struck up and down the east coast. will it was new york and emergency emergency that took the brunt of it. >> a major hit beach homes to the powerful storm surge. >> the house was still standing. >> beach lots found empty and crossroads as they look for the share of hard to come by federal relief. so far it received 300,000 dollars. >> please places are gone and they are not coming back. there's so much hist
. >> the island for immigrants will once again see visitors again. ellis island was closed for almost a year because of super storm sandy. more than 1 million photographs remain in storage while buildings are being fixed and upgraded. >> super storm sandy does not play favorites destroying everything from new york city to small towns on the coast. after it was all said and done sandy left 24 states impacted and counties and 8 states in puerto rico were disaster areas. craig has...
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she is going to be spending much of what happens on the so-called immigration. in the meantime, she's knocking back sizable speaker fees from wall street. not exactly a favorite location or address from democratic party. she received $1 million from goldman sachs for a pair of speeches. >> that takes away some moral authority. talking about mainstream and wall street hurting, middle-class voters. >> i think she's doing what politicians often do, and that is they go on the speech they can circuit. her husband, bill clinton, commands huge numbers. he went to australia for a million bucks for one speech. >> who's it from? this is from goldman sachs. people taking advantage of the middle-class folks. >> unfortunately, you don't always -- you are not always able to get somebody to you like the australian government to finance your speech making activities. >> one of the questions out there, if not hillary clinton, if for whatever reason she decides not to run or something happens, who else do the democrats have? >> you got andrew cuomo. believe me, terry will be on t
she is going to be spending much of what happens on the so-called immigration. in the meantime, she's knocking back sizable speaker fees from wall street. not exactly a favorite location or address from democratic party. she received $1 million from goldman sachs for a pair of speeches. >> that takes away some moral authority. talking about mainstream and wall street hurting, middle-class voters. >> i think she's doing what politicians often do, and that is they go on the speech...
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>> i think we are going to see immigration this year. my focus right now is to make sure that we elevate this issue which is why i support it. isles an important issue to my family, an important issue to my community and i think it's going to contribute to the greatness of america. so the more that we can elevate this debate and make sure that it's brought up this year, i think the country's going to be in a better place for it. >> what good reason is there to not just bring the bill up for a vote? >> we have to make sure that we have bipartisan pup sort. it can't be a republican or a democrat bill. it really needs to be a bipartisan bill. >> you by definition make it bipartisan, it is a bipart san bill, you're here. >> but it's important to get 218 votes first. working with my democratic colleagues, they have obviously shown that they can support this bill, 185 co-sponsors already. now it's time to get a number of republicans on board. it's my mission to go out and talk to many -- and really get them to ask questions and i want to answe
>> i think we are going to see immigration this year. my focus right now is to make sure that we elevate this issue which is why i support it. isles an important issue to my family, an important issue to my community and i think it's going to contribute to the greatness of america. so the more that we can elevate this debate and make sure that it's brought up this year, i think the country's going to be in a better place for it. >> what good reason is there to not just bring the...
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. >> trish, the daughter of immigrants from india, homes to one day become a pediatrician. she's a pre-med major at queens college who lives at home. her tuition is $6,000 a year. which is all her family can afford. it provides large amounts of student aid so student don't have to pick up a job to pay their tuition. >> we're getting students who come from very modest means, first in the family to go to college, maybe first in this country. without us they wouldn't be able to transcend their particular situation and move up. >> reporter: college has everything to do with how families pick schools. >> from working class families. they're selecting the colleges based on affordability and geographical screens of their son or daughter commuting as opposed to living on campus. >> reporter: with tuition on the rise many families are looking at where they can get the most bang for the buck. the washington monthly has produced one of many lists that ranks many colleges just that, and queens college is number two. they looked at more than 1500 colleges. queens ranked best at getting
. >> trish, the daughter of immigrants from india, homes to one day become a pediatrician. she's a pre-med major at queens college who lives at home. her tuition is $6,000 a year. which is all her family can afford. it provides large amounts of student aid so student don't have to pick up a job to pay their tuition. >> we're getting students who come from very modest means, first in the family to go to college, maybe first in this country. without us they wouldn't be able to...
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. >>> religious freedom is one of the things that has always motivated immigrants to come to the u.s. but tonight, we learn some people want religious freedom to take a back-seat to another kind of freedom. our correspondent explains. >> it's a legislative battle that's been fought on capitol hill year after year. and once again, the senate is preparing to vote on the employment nondiscrimination act. its stated goal is to prohibit based on sexual identity. joe mansion said he will support the measure, and they're confident they'll find allies across the aisle as well. >> i think you'll find a significant number of republican senators will vote to put the bill on the floor and it will be passed. >> the results could wind up putting religious employers in a tough spot. a christian school that is worried about hiring a transgender teacher. they said they need not worry. >> no church is ever going to be forced to hire somebody that they don't want to hire. many states hire people of their own faith, if you will. they might discriminate against someone who is not of their religion. >> yet
. >>> religious freedom is one of the things that has always motivated immigrants to come to the u.s. but tonight, we learn some people want religious freedom to take a back-seat to another kind of freedom. our correspondent explains. >> it's a legislative battle that's been fought on capitol hill year after year. and once again, the senate is preparing to vote on the employment nondiscrimination act. its stated goal is to prohibit based on sexual identity. joe mansion said he...
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most of you are the sons and daughters or grandsons and granddaughters of immigrants. that is a story i know well. my parents came to this country in the early 1930 plus. like millions of other immigrants, had very little money, very little english to my few skills. islandme through ellis and managed ultimately to make their way to my home town of monterey. i used as my father why did he travel all that distance, leaving obviously there was poverty in the area of italy they lived in but they had the comfort of family. why would you leave all of that? to come to a strange land? my father said to me, it was because your mother and i believed we could give our children a better life. that is the american dream. for ourwhat we want children and hopefully our children will want for theirs. but dreams are just dreams. say, dreams used to are just dreams. unless you're willing to work for it, unless you're willing to sacrifice, unless you are willing to take risks, unless forare willing to fight what you believe in. those are the values that my parents had in the values they
most of you are the sons and daughters or grandsons and granddaughters of immigrants. that is a story i know well. my parents came to this country in the early 1930 plus. like millions of other immigrants, had very little money, very little english to my few skills. islandme through ellis and managed ultimately to make their way to my home town of monterey. i used as my father why did he travel all that distance, leaving obviously there was poverty in the area of italy they lived in but they...
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he is not afraid to use his influence to tackle controversial issues, including the need for better immigration policies to help the agricultural industry. according to the labor department, the u.s. had 1.4 million crop workers between 2007 and 2009, 26% of them were migrant workers. >> we have farm thaers are going out of business because they can't get the kind of labor they need. >> is for my viewers who say we have upward of 10 million unemployment people in america, can't they be those workers? >> that's is the easiest myth to debunk. you advertise, and you might have three americans show up with 100 other people that show up. >> why is that? >> go out into the watermelon fields or strawberry fields of yuma, arizona. you and i wouldn't last ten minutes. the heat and physical labor is unbelievable. our foundation did a study, and we found that anybody in arizona can earn as much money from the state and federal government being unemployed as they can working in the field. >> buffet also worries about americans who seem to be disconnected from their foot roots. he uses tower hill. 12 minute
he is not afraid to use his influence to tackle controversial issues, including the need for better immigration policies to help the agricultural industry. according to the labor department, the u.s. had 1.4 million crop workers between 2007 and 2009, 26% of them were migrant workers. >> we have farm thaers are going out of business because they can't get the kind of labor they need. >> is for my viewers who say we have upward of 10 million unemployment people in america, can't they...
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it's not like immigration. not like a tax hike. obama care is the core of the new expansion of the liberal idea. this is sort of the continuation of the new deal. the continuation of a great society. in a sense the way liberals portrayed it, it is the completion of the entitlement state. the one element that separated us from the rest of the advanced industrial countries saying we were the only one with people who were not covered. now we're going to enter into the realm of those who insure and protect everybody. if this collapses, this huge expansion of the entitlement state, this essential nationalization of one sixth of the u.s. economy, i think that discredits the entire enterprise of the expansion of government which is at the heart of obamaism. that's why liberals are running zar escared. not just one election. it's the ideology that the government knows best, the government will take care of you. put your trust in the government or as obama said you didn't build it, the government did. it can't even construct a website. >> w
it's not like immigration. not like a tax hike. obama care is the core of the new expansion of the liberal idea. this is sort of the continuation of the new deal. the continuation of a great society. in a sense the way liberals portrayed it, it is the completion of the entitlement state. the one element that separated us from the rest of the advanced industrial countries saying we were the only one with people who were not covered. now we're going to enter into the realm of those who insure and...
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>> if helping kids with their homework and teaching immigrant women english is terrorist activities then i guess so. i don't know, i don't think there is any reason to believe that an organization with good people, trying to do good work would be engaged in any type of activity. >> so this one of the secret documents that was leaked to the associated press. and what it does is it talks about multiple mosques and organizations and people that we know so that are mentioned in here and when i saw first saw it, so it says, it's looking at confidential informant profiles and looking for the right people to infiltrate particular centers or organizations. here we're number two. >> whoa, there you are huh. >> and that's what's so hurtful about this nypd spying program is that our own community mistrust each other. mistrusting law enforcement is one thing, we'll get over that one day, but the fact that we, our fabric of our community is broken is what really hurts me the most that people can't trust each other. you come this country because it's america, because it's about liberty and justice and
>> if helping kids with their homework and teaching immigrant women english is terrorist activities then i guess so. i don't know, i don't think there is any reason to believe that an organization with good people, trying to do good work would be engaged in any type of activity. >> so this one of the secret documents that was leaked to the associated press. and what it does is it talks about multiple mosques and organizations and people that we know so that are mentioned in here and...
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we have a lot of immigrants coming into different parts of nigeria. so we are trying to tell the story of immigrants in logos, d we are portraying it as, which it is, the land of opportunity. red hat musical also has a modern twist. >> this is uncharted territory for performs arts. they are referring to it as ryu lution area as they hope it will set a new trend to nigerian theater. >> music is at the heart, and with the hope of reaching a wide audience, there is a bit of something for everyone. >> we don't just play the music. we do it differently because we want everything we do in this production to be unique. >> it has taken up to three months to put this together. what a task for the cast and crew, who never worked in anything like in this-. >> as an actor, it is not evans are you day you come across work like this. you usually say your line. but here, you task yourself. you bring to play everything you have learned in acting school, singing, dancing, acting. everything comes together. >> the production opened to a full house in lagos. old and you
we have a lot of immigrants coming into different parts of nigeria. so we are trying to tell the story of immigrants in logos, d we are portraying it as, which it is, the land of opportunity. red hat musical also has a modern twist. >> this is uncharted territory for performs arts. they are referring to it as ryu lution area as they hope it will set a new trend to nigerian theater. >> music is at the heart, and with the hope of reaching a wide audience, there is a bit of something...
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it's no coincident that ellis island, through which 12 million immigrants were processed and in 16 years of active service is reopening on the same day as laid dilady liberty's birthday. what better way is there to celebrate her 127th an verse i but visitors to ellis island may have to wait a while for some of the or tacks stretching back to the time when they processed millions of immigrants hoping to make it in to the new world a little more drying out is needed before it's safe to return the 1 million documents once on permanent display here. the target date for getting them out of storage and back on the island is may the first of next year. john terret, al jazeera, ellis islands, new york. ♪ ♪ >>> i am michael eaves, first mitchell game five at busch stadium is scheduled for a little more than three hours from now. with the series between the boss tonight red sox and st. louis cardinals tied at one game a piece following last night's 4-2 win it was yet another bizarre ending with colton wong got picked off first daze to end the game. we'll have a live report from busch stadium l
it's no coincident that ellis island, through which 12 million immigrants were processed and in 16 years of active service is reopening on the same day as laid dilady liberty's birthday. what better way is there to celebrate her 127th an verse i but visitors to ellis island may have to wait a while for some of the or tacks stretching back to the time when they processed millions of immigrants hoping to make it in to the new world a little more drying out is needed before it's safe to return the...
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in the halls of congress there's a heavy weight lobbying campaign under way to push comprehensive immigration reform. it's week applied by the chamber of commerce is forward.u.s. among others. it's a group founded by
in the halls of congress there's a heavy weight lobbying campaign under way to push comprehensive immigration reform. it's week applied by the chamber of commerce is forward.u.s. among others. it's a group founded by
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the first place millions of immigrants saw when they arrived in america. john terret joins us live. how has the reopening gone today, sir? >> reporter: tony, i don't know whether you can hear us. we can't hear you any more. let me go ahead and try and tell but this first day here at ellis island which has been quite a success. let me step out of the shot and you can see across to the main area where the stragglers are about to get on the ferry, the last one of the day and go home. i called the national park service to find out how many people have visited, but they're still tallying the numbers, so they're not sure. but it's been a strong day and a few hundred people have gone through on the first day. super storm sandy has hit this island and the repair will come to $77 million. $21 million here on ellis island but they bought some protection that they did not have before. so next time if there is a next time that a hurricane sandy style storm comes over the walls and inundates the island they reckon they'll be able to bring the island back up two to four weeks and at a fraction of
the first place millions of immigrants saw when they arrived in america. john terret joins us live. how has the reopening gone today, sir? >> reporter: tony, i don't know whether you can hear us. we can't hear you any more. let me go ahead and try and tell but this first day here at ellis island which has been quite a success. let me step out of the shot and you can see across to the main area where the stragglers are about to get on the ferry, the last one of the day and go home. i...
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to solve the immigration issue. and if this body refuses to solve the issue, the number of people here illegally will only increase. and this boddy, the house of representatives, and the -- body, the house of representatives, and the majority, the republican party, will be responsible for more illegal immigration and having more people here illegally if we do not act now. mr. speaker, just this week nearly 600 conservative supporters of immigration reform will storm capitol hill from the faith community, business community, the law enforcement community, and unprecedented coalition will be meeting with republican members and is meeting with republican members demanding they take action. we are talking about partnership for new american economy. the bibles, badges, and business coalition. and the u.s. chamber of commerce. it yet regrettably the only immigration -- and yet regrettably the only immigration that's passed this house is deport dreamers. again thankfully it didn't happen. that's the only idea so far that h
to solve the immigration issue. and if this body refuses to solve the issue, the number of people here illegally will only increase. and this boddy, the house of representatives, and the -- body, the house of representatives, and the majority, the republican party, will be responsible for more illegal immigration and having more people here illegally if we do not act now. mr. speaker, just this week nearly 600 conservative supporters of immigration reform will storm capitol hill from the faith...
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federal law prohibits illegal immigrants from getting medicare benefits, but some are still able to gain access through medicare part d. officials have pledged to fix that problem. >>> halloween and pumpkins go hand in hand. but usually filled with candles. not cocaine. a montreal woman is in custody this morning after custom agents found three pumpkins in her luggage stuffed with more than four pounds of cocaine. scanning equipment at the montreal airport discovered it inside the hollowed out pumpkins. >>> check out this incredible video. the sky diver soaring through the air, but instead of your normal boring landing, she tries to land in a moving car. take a look at this. yellow mustang right there driving on the road and out of the sky she comes right into the back seat. look at this. nicely done. >> isn't that amazing? perhaps no surprise here, she's a professional sky diver with more than 3,000 jumps. that is just incredible. >> was that an ad for somebody? >> not that i'm aware of, no. we'll look at that. >> i would love to get in a convertible, driving down the open road and hope
federal law prohibits illegal immigrants from getting medicare benefits, but some are still able to gain access through medicare part d. officials have pledged to fix that problem. >>> halloween and pumpkins go hand in hand. but usually filled with candles. not cocaine. a montreal woman is in custody this morning after custom agents found three pumpkins in her luggage stuffed with more than four pounds of cocaine. scanning equipment at the montreal airport discovered it inside the...
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of the time that we spend in the emergency room, and one thing that is not addressed is undocumented immigrants. we take care of them for free at a very high acuity level. when you come to the emergency room you're getting the most expensive care in our system. we have to do something about that. i wish doctors in the trenches were part of creating this legislation and i really don't think that happens. >> i don't think it did either. dr. boone, what would you do? >> they should have taught it to the doctors in congress. and my congressman, i'm a very big fan of him, but his empowering patient birth act had a lot of volition. and i would say i want to sell insurance across state lines. they can compete. right now it's selling insurance in georgia, south carolina, if everybody is competing i think the prices get better. >> let me ask each of you because our time is about done. in five years will obama care have made health care in this country better or worse? >> i don't know, i would say no change. >> dr. boone is the only one that i have met that has red the bill, but based on what i know, i t
of the time that we spend in the emergency room, and one thing that is not addressed is undocumented immigrants. we take care of them for free at a very high acuity level. when you come to the emergency room you're getting the most expensive care in our system. we have to do something about that. i wish doctors in the trenches were part of creating this legislation and i really don't think that happens. >> i don't think it did either. dr. boone, what would you do? >> they should...
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. >>> two if you twists this week in the saga of immigration reform. we will tell you if it's actually kwloeser to happening now. that's next. yeah, she did. were cheerios the same back then? cheerios has pretty much been the same forever. so...when we have cheerios, it's kind of like we are having breakfast with nana... yeah... ♪ yeah. you're so smart. to roll out a perfectly flaky crust that's made from scratch. or mix vegetables with all white meat chicken and homemade gravy. >> if there are residuals for just sit down and savor. marie callender's. it's time to savor. in the nation, what's precious to you is precious to us. ♪ love is strange so when coverage really counts, count on nationwide insurance. we put members first. join the nation. ♪ nationwide is on your side ♪ >> after the 2012 election, mitt romney took 27 percent of the latino vote. in a changing america, you need to reach out beyond the party's older, wider and more male base. it briefly became clear in the wake of that election, florida senator morocco marco rubio became the
. >>> two if you twists this week in the saga of immigration reform. we will tell you if it's actually kwloeser to happening now. that's next. yeah, she did. were cheerios the same back then? cheerios has pretty much been the same forever. so...when we have cheerios, it's kind of like we are having breakfast with nana... yeah... ♪ yeah. you're so smart. to roll out a perfectly flaky crust that's made from scratch. or mix vegetables with all white meat chicken and homemade gravy....
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. >> but on an issue such as comprehensive immigration reform, we are in agreement. and i think that there's a little bit too much of this partisanship and maybe we ought to try to find ways to work together, at least that's the opinion of most americans. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: i agree with you. something. something. >> yeah. >> jimmy: get in there. >> tweets. >> jimmy: it's all about the tweeting. >> it's all about tweeting. >> jimmy: by the way, great work with that phone, by the way. i got to say, one of my favorite things -- i couldn't even believe -- i wish i had your emails. >> playing poker. playing poker, yeah. shut up and deal. >> jimmy: what was it? it was a senate hearing. >> yeah. >> jimmy: and it was what, three hours? >> boring. >> jimmy: it was boring. [ laughter ] like, boring and somebody -- somebody got a photo of you playing video poker on your iphone right there. >> yeah. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: and you were playing video poker. >> and i was winning. [ laughter ] that's what -- >> jimmy: is that one of your games? is that what you
. >> but on an issue such as comprehensive immigration reform, we are in agreement. and i think that there's a little bit too much of this partisanship and maybe we ought to try to find ways to work together, at least that's the opinion of most americans. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: i agree with you. something. something. >> yeah. >> jimmy: get in there. >> tweets. >> jimmy: it's all about the tweeting. >> it's all about tweeting. >> jimmy:...
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chamber of commerce is hosting a forum on the need for immigration reform. high-tech representatives from silicon valley, the immigration advocacy group there, founded by facebook's ceo mark zuckerberg are also attending the event. president obama has said that he wants congress to pass immigration reform legislation before the end of the year. >>> syrian hackers are claiming responsibility for breaking into president obama's twitter account. yesterday, two links posted on the president's account redirected users to sites in support of syrian president bashar al-assad. syrian electronic army has hacked into several prominent websites including the "new york times." >>> google looking for about 30,000 more people to test its wearable computers. they are already 10,000 people who are testing google glass and now they're being asked to invite three friends or co- workers to also buy the devices. they will have to pay $1,500 in addition to get a current tester's recommendation. it's upgraded google glass to work with prescription glasses and a single ear bud. or
chamber of commerce is hosting a forum on the need for immigration reform. high-tech representatives from silicon valley, the immigration advocacy group there, founded by facebook's ceo mark zuckerberg are also attending the event. president obama has said that he wants congress to pass immigration reform legislation before the end of the year. >>> syrian hackers are claiming responsibility for breaking into president obama's twitter account. yesterday, two links posted on the...
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an immigration museum at ellis island damaged in the storm, reopened its doors. >> sandy is not a one of a kind storm. the reality is it could let any time, anyplace. >> unbelievable. going from flooding rains a year ago to a beautiful picturesque end to your evening. 61 in the city. pear of fives in ellicott city. go down to the south. here come some clouds. we are anticipating more clouds. believe it or not, clouds will act as an insulator keeping our numbers mild. 50 in the city. cooler to the north and west. frederick around 39. some showers are working through the ohio valley. that could be in here by tomorrow morning's commute. we'll talk about that not seven- day forecast. >>> in less than an hour a meeting will be held to talk about the affordable care act. it is being held from 7 to 8:30 mat good samaritan hospital. >>> speaking of that site, the consecutive director of the hockey, change said she's in the satisfied with it. they're working with the main contractor to make all the changes and improvements. >>> well, for the first time we are hearing an aful -- apology from th
an immigration museum at ellis island damaged in the storm, reopened its doors. >> sandy is not a one of a kind storm. the reality is it could let any time, anyplace. >> unbelievable. going from flooding rains a year ago to a beautiful picturesque end to your evening. 61 in the city. pear of fives in ellicott city. go down to the south. here come some clouds. we are anticipating more clouds. believe it or not, clouds will act as an insulator keeping our numbers mild. 50 in the city....
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so we have to deal with a realistic solution that deals with all aspects of immigration. that's what this bill does and i expect the full debate of the house floor will take into account all of the various. >> were you like the two fellow republicans that support this. it has a latino population that is 40% of your district. it's important to your constituents and important to the constituents of the others, but how do you con rinse other republicans to join you? >> i think that's an economic argument as well. >> for me, not only do i have a large latino population, we have a large ag community. we have a district that depends on guest workers. we have a large latino population in our schools so we have to address this from a california perspective, but across the nation, right now we just saw the fiscal shutdown. we'll be dealing with that again in january. we need to have a long-term solution and we have 17, $18 trillion worth of debt. if you want to fix it, immigration, undisputable $1 trillion over the next 20 years and that goes to a big part of that debt. also, if y
so we have to deal with a realistic solution that deals with all aspects of immigration. that's what this bill does and i expect the full debate of the house floor will take into account all of the various. >> were you like the two fellow republicans that support this. it has a latino population that is 40% of your district. it's important to your constituents and important to the constituents of the others, but how do you con rinse other republicans to join you? >> i think that's...
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. >> the shutdown and immigration. i think that the political ramifications of that are long term, particularly when you see for hispanics, for example, you know, 50,000 hispanics turn 15 every month. that's a big number after a while. i think on this other hill, this third hill on nda and its progeny, and it will be, i think, other federal legislation as well as state legislation in this regard. the party tends to look at that as something that it's more socially oriented, it's going to be more community-based, and therefore, there's no need for this broad swath of federal regulation or legislation. >> but doesn't it -- >> which is inconsistent when you look at our history in terms of civil rights legislation that we promoted from the 13th, 14th amendment, et cetera. >> so, i'm a little confused. do you yourself, michael steele, favor nda? >> i would vote for it, yes. >> you would vote for it. >> i would support it, yeah. >> but you think they're not going to see political backlash for killing it. >> right. >> see, i
. >> the shutdown and immigration. i think that the political ramifications of that are long term, particularly when you see for hispanics, for example, you know, 50,000 hispanics turn 15 every month. that's a big number after a while. i think on this other hill, this third hill on nda and its progeny, and it will be, i think, other federal legislation as well as state legislation in this regard. the party tends to look at that as something that it's more socially oriented, it's going to...
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the museum of tour rift immigration has been closed since last year when superstorm sandy surged into new york harbor. work on the 27-acre island isn't done yet. the national park service says more than a million photographs and artifacts remain in storage. >>> and tomorrow marks the anniversary of sandy slamming into the northeast. the storm killed more than a hundred people and destroyed entire communities, and as terrell brown reports, it changed the way we build. >> reporter: last october superstorm sandy swept joe courtney's home off its foundation. though he knew it would be expensive to repair, he had no intention of leaving new york's rockaway beach. >> there was no question whether i was going to rebuild or not. this is where i grew up. this is where my wife grew up. this is where our lives are. >> reporter: his new home will be higher with 14-foot foundation and flood vents. >> all the necessary utilities to feed the house are going to be upstairs in the attic. >> reporter: all of those fixes are lessons learned that architects and planners are planning with new construction
the museum of tour rift immigration has been closed since last year when superstorm sandy surged into new york harbor. work on the 27-acre island isn't done yet. the national park service says more than a million photographs and artifacts remain in storage. >>> and tomorrow marks the anniversary of sandy slamming into the northeast. the storm killed more than a hundred people and destroyed entire communities, and as terrell brown reports, it changed the way we build. >> reporter:...
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. >> reporter: david tran is the vietnamese immigrant who turned the mix of red jalapeno peppers, vinegar, garlic salt into the multi- million dollar plan. he said it cost $40 million and has state-of-the-art air filters, even taking the media to the roof to prove it. at fault, its harvest and chile grounding time. truckload after truckload brought in over a three-month period. in the last week, the air quality department logged 11 complaints. it sent an inspector citing no smells or violations. while it may look hotter than hades, it's about half where tabasco sauce is and nowhere near as hot as the hottest chiles in the world. >> one, two, three. >> here's a man eating a hibokia chile. one of the hottest. [ groans ] the saracha chile not nowhere near as hot. >> if it's possible to fix the problem, then that'll be best. because even one of my friends recently got a job there. >> reporter: how hot is too hot? now in the hands of a judge. miguel marquez, cnn, los angeles. >> i had cousins in long island with four feet of water in their house. >> reporter: last year, when sandy washed over
. >> reporter: david tran is the vietnamese immigrant who turned the mix of red jalapeno peppers, vinegar, garlic salt into the multi- million dollar plan. he said it cost $40 million and has state-of-the-art air filters, even taking the media to the roof to prove it. at fault, its harvest and chile grounding time. truckload after truckload brought in over a three-month period. in the last week, the air quality department logged 11 complaints. it sent an inspector citing no smells or...
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got their first glance at the united states, and that famous staircase where immigrants were vetted by the doctors as they went up the staircase. the doctors was looking at them to see if they had diseased. many of them, 2% of the people who came here were sent home. what they won't see is the 1 million artifacts and documents they had to move from the island when it was flooded. they're all in climate controlled storage in maryland. >> the hot water and electrical systems were basically flooded under that water. do we have any idea when that work will be complete? >> ellis island is run by the national park service and it isn't giving very much away. they say don't expect any complete retoration of ellis island anytime soon. they do say that crews are working very hard to revamp the island to make sure the next time there's a hurricane sandy, and eight feet of water comes here, the island is about her able to cope. the park service is not giving us any cost estimation and not giving us any time estimation, either. they're using this as an opportunity to do the work that they should
got their first glance at the united states, and that famous staircase where immigrants were vetted by the doctors as they went up the staircase. the doctors was looking at them to see if they had diseased. many of them, 2% of the people who came here were sent home. what they won't see is the 1 million artifacts and documents they had to move from the island when it was flooded. they're all in climate controlled storage in maryland. >> the hot water and electrical systems were basically...
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daughter,ur the son, grandchildren of immigrants. that story we know well. my parents came to this country in the early 1930's. we had very little money, knew very little english, few skills. islandme through ellis and managed to make their way to my hometown of monterey. why did he travel all of that distance leaving poverty in the area of italy they came from? why would you leave all that to come to a strange land? said to me it was because your mother and i believed we could give our children a better life. that is the american dream. but is what we want for our children and hopefully our children will want for there is. streams are just dreams. as my father used to say. unless you are willing to work for it and sacrifice, unless you are willing to take risk and willing to fight for what you believe in. those are the values that they passed on to me. they had to make their way in a strange society. my dad decided to start a restaurant in downtown monterey during the war years, tough times. my parents believe that child labor was a requirement. after the w
daughter,ur the son, grandchildren of immigrants. that story we know well. my parents came to this country in the early 1930's. we had very little money, knew very little english, few skills. islandme through ellis and managed to make their way to my hometown of monterey. why did he travel all of that distance leaving poverty in the area of italy they came from? why would you leave all that to come to a strange land? said to me it was because your mother and i believed we could give our...
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he is the son of immigrants who witnessed firsthand the bigotry that targeted italian-americans and he overcame the taunts and the stereotypes to achieve elected office and to assume the most powerful roles in the executive branch of government. in the nixon and ministration, -- in the nixon administration, he led a memorable battle for school integration. he faced down a government intent on trying to stop busing despite a unanimous supreme court decision that schools must be integrated. decision a gut level and chose to stand up for what he thought was right. in spite of the risks to his own career. that story did not end well for him. he was forced to resign. secretary panetta led the pentagon's repeal of don't ask don't tell policy, which had barred gays and lesbians from serving openly. he made history by extending military benefits to same-sex couples. one of his final acts before leaving the pentagon was to rescind the ba women sving in >> we are rescinding the best man on the combat line and this removes the last vestige with american service women serving in combat and have pa
he is the son of immigrants who witnessed firsthand the bigotry that targeted italian-americans and he overcame the taunts and the stereotypes to achieve elected office and to assume the most powerful roles in the executive branch of government. in the nixon and ministration, -- in the nixon administration, he led a memorable battle for school integration. he faced down a government intent on trying to stop busing despite a unanimous supreme court decision that schools must be integrated....
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and allowing public schools to determine the immigration status of enrolled students. a federal appeals court initially blocked enforcement of parts of the law, but not before thousands of latinos fled the state. in a statement, the southern poverty law center called the settlement is significant victory. york attorney general eric schneiderman has launched a probe of the retailers macy's and barneys following complaints from black customers of racial profiling. the storesr said employees alerted the police based on the racially biased suspicion they could not afford their expensive purchases. ews conference with the national action network in harlem, barneys ceo mark we deny the allegations. >> are pulmonary investigation has concluded that in both of these instances, no one from barneys new york raised any these purchases. no one from barneys brought them to the attention of our internal security, and no one from barneys reached out to external authorities. >> new york city tabloids have dubbed the episode "shop and frisk." of people marched in santa rosa, california
and allowing public schools to determine the immigration status of enrolled students. a federal appeals court initially blocked enforcement of parts of the law, but not before thousands of latinos fled the state. in a statement, the southern poverty law center called the settlement is significant victory. york attorney general eric schneiderman has launched a probe of the retailers macy's and barneys following complaints from black customers of racial profiling. the storesr said employees...
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. >> reporter: the first and second floor of the immigration building are open to the public. that includes the great hall where immigrants were inspected and registry room upstairs where 12 million people spent their first hours in america. still a lot of work to do here but all the artifacts that were moved out should be back here when the heating an cooling system is restored next spring. staten island and other new york neighborhoods struggle to recover from hurricane sandy one year later. one particularly neighborhood, oak wood beach is still struggling t was had several feet of seawaterrer. it is a ghost town. all but five of 183 homeowners accept ad government buyout and moved on. we spoke to a man that lives nearby but doesn't want to stay there. >> within five minutes, it was completely flooded. just don't want to live here no more. it will happen again. >> reporter: sadly there are many more neighborhoods like oak wood beach where it looks like the hurricane happened last week or one month and not one year ago. there are signs of progress like here at ellis island. o
. >> reporter: the first and second floor of the immigration building are open to the public. that includes the great hall where immigrants were inspected and registry room upstairs where 12 million people spent their first hours in america. still a lot of work to do here but all the artifacts that were moved out should be back here when the heating an cooling system is restored next spring. staten island and other new york neighborhoods struggle to recover from hurricane sandy one year...
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opportunity but also a vibrant city to live in a. >> another son of the motor city and from european immigrants i know what you talk about. you have not touched on my part with greenfield, a puritan area what is that like now? >> again, you talk about a lot of the neighborhoods of detroit are unrecognizable. i don't know when you were last fact there. >> 15 years. >> my father for instance when he first moved to detroit from italy in the early '60s, he lifted a neighborhood very german and italian around a 7-mile. when i moved back i went back to the old neighborhood the house she lived in was gone the neighborhood was unrecognizable. the wingback that is part of the problem look at "the new york times" to read about these amazing developments in the downtown area the skyscrapers ever completely abandoned in 2009 have been picked up for a steel by developers in their moving people downtown but if you go to the neighborhood where you grew up and it is bad or worse than ever to. >> you mentioned earlier you were thinking about writing a novel about detroit. what would push to to do nonfiction tha
opportunity but also a vibrant city to live in a. >> another son of the motor city and from european immigrants i know what you talk about. you have not touched on my part with greenfield, a puritan area what is that like now? >> again, you talk about a lot of the neighborhoods of detroit are unrecognizable. i don't know when you were last fact there. >> 15 years. >> my father for instance when he first moved to detroit from italy in the early '60s, he lifted a...
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that proposal would provide a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants and increase border security. meanwhile senator marco rubio facing criticism after saying he'd support a republican effort in the house to consider a piece meal approach instead of the sweeping senate bill that he worked on. republican senator john mccain who also worked on the senate bill says he's optimistic house republicans will act, but only after next year's primaries. >>> the heated u.s. senate primary in wyoming between mike enzi and liz chain any tu chene to a game of to tell the truth. here's what the former vice president said. >> mike also said he and i are fishing buddies. not true. never happened. >> but the shore pushing baenat of telling fish tales. the senator said i anchored the one fly fishing contest with him one time and i was asked to speak at his induction in the fly fishing hall of fame. and we've talked about fishing when we've been together. surprising thing to me is that there is a fly fishing hall of fame. emzi is trailing cheney when it comes to fund-raising. >>> s&p 500 on t
that proposal would provide a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants and increase border security. meanwhile senator marco rubio facing criticism after saying he'd support a republican effort in the house to consider a piece meal approach instead of the sweeping senate bill that he worked on. republican senator john mccain who also worked on the senate bill says he's optimistic house republicans will act, but only after next year's primaries. >>> the heated u.s. senate...
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and the good news is we know we've got bipartisan support for immigration reform. we just make sure we have to get it done this year. we've got to continue to make smart investments in research and development, education, infrastructure, all the things that historically have made america the most attractive place on the planet for businesses to invest. we've got to build on that success. that's who we are as a country. we have a tradition here of tackling new challenges, adapting to new circumstances, seizing new opportunities. that's one of the reasons that history shows over the last two centuries that when you bet on america, that bet pays off. so to all the business leaders here today and around the world, we want to be your partner in helping to write the next chapter in our history. we want you to join the generations of immigrants and entrepreneurs and foreign investors who have discovered exactly what it means when we say we are the land of opportunity. that is not a myth. it's a proven fact. there are a lot of wonderful countries out there, but this is a p
and the good news is we know we've got bipartisan support for immigration reform. we just make sure we have to get it done this year. we've got to continue to make smart investments in research and development, education, infrastructure, all the things that historically have made america the most attractive place on the planet for businesses to invest. we've got to build on that success. that's who we are as a country. we have a tradition here of tackling new challenges, adapting to new...